For our object is not to give relief to others and bring distress on you, but, by equalizing matters, to secure that,
Nor was there any one in need among them, for all who were owners of land or houses sold them, and brought the proceeds of the sales
For, where there is willingness, a man's gift is valued by its comparison with what he has, and not with what he has not.
On the present occasion, what you can spare may supply their need, so that at another time what they can spare may supply your need, and thus matters may be equalized.